37: Work/life balance in academia

In this episode, we talk work/life balance for early career researchers. Do you need to work a 70-hour week to be a successful scientist or can you actually have a life outside the lab?

Some of the topics covered:

• An update on "the postdoc that didn't say no" story
• Brian Wansink's response
• De-identifying data in research
• The perils of public criticism
• Criticising the research vs. criticising the person
• Some sage advice from a senior academic on "Making science the centre of your life"
• Look for a boss that won't make insane demands of your time
• How much good work is really coming out of a 70-hour week?
• An old hack Dan used to do to pretend he was working on data when he was really just on twitter

Links

GRIM test calculator

http://www.prepubmed.org/grim_test/

Jordan's follow-up post

https://medium.com/@OmnesRes/the-donald-trump-of-food-research-49e2bc7daa41#.me8e97z51

Brian Wansink's response

http://www.brianwansink.com/phd-advice/statistical-heartburn-and-long-term-lessons

The "Making science the centre of your life" slide

https://twitter.com/hertzpodcast/status/832501121893724160

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